James S. Golden

James S. Golden

James Stephen Golden (born September 20, 1891 in Barbourville , Kentucky , †  September 6, 1971 in Pineville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1955 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Golden attended public schools in his home country. He then studied until 1912 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his license to practice law in 1916, he began to work in Barbourville in this profession. Between 1918 and 1922 he served as the district attorney in Knox County . Politically, Golden was a member of the Republican Party . In 1952 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1948 congressional election , Golden was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded William Lewis on January 3, 1949 . After re-election in 1950, he was able to represent this district in Congress until it was dissolved on January 3, 1953 . In the elections of 1952 he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives to succeed Joe B. Bates in the eighth district. Between January 3, 1949 and January 3, 1955 he was able to complete three legislative periods. This period was marked by the Korean War and the beginning Cold War as well as the events of the civil rights movement .

In 1954, James Golden renounced another candidacy. Then he withdrew from politics. In the following years until his death on September 6, 1971, he practiced as a lawyer again.

Web links

• James S. Golden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James S. Golden in the database of Find a Grave (English)